Cellular signal processing
By: Friedrich Marks, Karin Müller-Decker, Ursula Klingmüller.
Contributors: Müller-Decker, Karin.; Klingmüller, Ursula.
Publisher: Garland Science
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 634
ISBN-13: 9780815342151
Subjects: Cellular signal transduction; Signal Transduction -- physiology; Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins -- physiology
Description: 'Cellular signal processing' presents the essential concepts underlying cell signaling. Designed for use by undergraduate and graduate students, as well as medical students, the text examines the cell as a data processing unit in which the proteins form an extremely complex and ever-changing network of interactions.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The "brain of the cell" : data processing by protein networks; title: Supplying the network with energy : basic biochemistry of signal transduction; title: Evolution of cellular data processing; title: Basic equipment : G-proteins, second messengers, and protein kinases; title: Signal transduction by receptors with seven transmembrane domains; title: Signal transduction by serine/threonine kinase-coupled receptors; title: Signal transduction by tyrosine kinase- and protein phosphatase-coupled receptors : a late invention of evolution; title: Gene transcription : the ultimate target of signal transduction; title: Signals controlling mRNA translation; title: Signal transduction by small G-proteins : the art of molecular targeting; title: MAP kinase and NF-B modules; title: Cancer and regulation of cell division; title: Signal transduction by proteolysis and programmed cell death; title: Signal transduction by ions; title: Sensory signal processing; title: Signaling at synapses : neurotransmitters and their receptors; title: Putting together the pieces : the approach of systems biology.